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the producers of hurt locker's call but i went out of my way as john will verify to get a republican cia operative at the highest level, a republican navy s.e.a.l. and one of the leading historians in the world not american to bet all of the things in the film. i wanted the opposition to bet it. the president comes out heroic because he makes the decision by himself. hillary clinton and panetta say go, do the raid. joe biden and gates say don't do it. the president thinks overnight this is in the movie and says, give me one hour from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. the next day and authorizes the raid. it's not political, tis historical. i would not do anything political when it comes to making one of my movies. >> john stockwell, talk about what drew you to this topic, the drama, how compelling this is as harvey says, how historic it is and all of that is evident and there are other films and books about this. what draws you to this project? >> honestly i was very nervous because it's one of those pieces that very hard to vet. we started the process long before mark's book. but i just found it f
the producers of hurt locker's call but i went out of my way as john will verify to get a republican cia operative at the highest level, a republican navy s.e.a.l. and one of the leading historians in the world not american to bet all of the things in the film. i wanted the opposition to bet it. the president comes out heroic because he makes the decision by himself. hillary clinton and panetta say go, do the raid. joe biden and gates say don't do it. the president thinks overnight this is in...
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he didn't want on record that cia intelligence was bad and that was the reason. so that "wall street journal" report we saw yesterday talking about petraeus in his final days at the cia really wanting to come out and talk publicly. we have a greater sense of why that was. of all the agencies and departments that have their hands in the libya affair, cia, dod, state, white house, fbi, i think it's clear that the cia's jurisdiction in a lot of what happened was probably minimal. that makes petraeus's downfall all the more sad, because i think of everyone the cia and david petraeus probably had the cleanest hands in all of this. we have to see. we obviously have plenty more questions going forward. >> to your point, s.e., it shows his resignation was over the extra-marital affair. >> yeah. >> i want to take a step back here on this whole issue. i mean, i think -- let me start by saying that i think the questions about the security at the consulate in benghazi are legitimate questions that deserve investigation. the thing that republicans have really glomed onto is w
he didn't want on record that cia intelligence was bad and that was the reason. so that "wall street journal" report we saw yesterday talking about petraeus in his final days at the cia really wanting to come out and talk publicly. we have a greater sense of why that was. of all the agencies and departments that have their hands in the libya affair, cia, dod, state, white house, fbi, i think it's clear that the cia's jurisdiction in a lot of what happened was probably minimal. that...
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senator mccain knows full well there was cia engagement not just with these talking points but with the actual operation around the ambassador in benghazi. everyone knows what the real story is behind here in terms of the operation, in terms of susan rice's independence, and if you want to take a sunday show talking points performance as the measure of a secretary of state, you're on very thin ground in terms of how anyone for any position could get nominated in the future. >> let me follow this thinking here. who is going to take the bullet for what looked to be the failure to protect chris stevens? who is going to take the bullet for what looks to be a misrepresentation in real time as to what happened? who is going to pay the price? >> certainly -- >> first of all, jay go first. >> i think certainly republicans want it to be susan rice. they're essentially calling for her scalp. and you had white house press secretary jay carney out there at the same time going even farther than rice was and talking about how this was all just due to a protest and not really -- not having much to do
senator mccain knows full well there was cia engagement not just with these talking points but with the actual operation around the ambassador in benghazi. everyone knows what the real story is behind here in terms of the operation, in terms of susan rice's independence, and if you want to take a sunday show talking points performance as the measure of a secretary of state, you're on very thin ground in terms of how anyone for any position could get nominated in the future. >> let me...
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legitimize the whole ramping up so you know what people here at the cia they think of this this kind of this faceless entity has a black budget everyone kind of a acknowledges its existence but no one really knows how much damage it's really doing around the world as you so thoroughly outline how do we hold these officials accountable i mean they just completely beyond the rule of law these assassinations taking place how we ended this endless warfare well. i don't know. make me president of make you president. it's not going to change with a republican or democrat right i'm sorry to say that people if you were what can we do and my answer is not really great but what my answer usually is educate yourself and as many others as you can about what the government has actually done at home and abroad and. this education will keep adding to our numbers and that's some point at least in theory the numbers will reach a critical mass and how how the explosion will take place i don't know but there will be years when explosion indeed truth is power it's a powerful thing and it we all should b
legitimize the whole ramping up so you know what people here at the cia they think of this this kind of this faceless entity has a black budget everyone kind of a acknowledges its existence but no one really knows how much damage it's really doing around the world as you so thoroughly outline how do we hold these officials accountable i mean they just completely beyond the rule of law these assassinations taking place how we ended this endless warfare well. i don't know. make me president of...
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military cia interventions since world war two i mean and what you were just saying you know how they don't put it into context they don't explain has storable significance of these interventions when work when we're hearing about the wars and they sell the wars to us phyllis bennis from the institute for policy studies said something very interesting recently about perception and she said history can be determined when you start the clock of course she was referring to the establishment given you know starting with the palestinian israeli conflict just a couple weeks ago you know with the rockets being fired without of course giving this long struggle of intervention why you know why do you think that we do you think that they don't provide this because yeah they just need to sell us these and us wars i mean why don't i learn about this in school it's not just the political media establishment it's the education system it's our whole culture their own voters they know what we're doing is horrible they can only live with themselves by saying that it's because these people are just jea
military cia interventions since world war two i mean and what you were just saying you know how they don't put it into context they don't explain has storable significance of these interventions when work when we're hearing about the wars and they sell the wars to us phyllis bennis from the institute for policy studies said something very interesting recently about perception and she said history can be determined when you start the clock of course she was referring to the establishment given...
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he was digging for jewels over the cia. >> reporter: it's always been personal. i tell you, it feels like it's personal with mccain. i don't know if it was ever personal before with the president. now it actually feels like it might be personal with the president now, too. it's just -- it's just one of those, just like kennedy and nixon. one of those rivalries. >> i understand. we can figure these things out. thanks, chuck. chuck todd at the white house. >>> now joining us is u.s. congressman james clyburn from south carolina, member of the house leadership. let's talk about the real politics of equity, fairness, real democratic values, congressman. you're in the leadership. you're going to make the call. does the president have to win -- i think he has to -- does he have to win on making sure the wealthy of this country get back to paying what they paid under clinton? >> absolutely. he's just absolutely got to win that. and i think he will win that. but let me say, chris, thank you so much for having me. may i say something about susan rice? >> sure. >> i have a
he was digging for jewels over the cia. >> reporter: it's always been personal. i tell you, it feels like it's personal with mccain. i don't know if it was ever personal before with the president. now it actually feels like it might be personal with the president now, too. it's just -- it's just one of those, just like kennedy and nixon. one of those rivalries. >> i understand. we can figure these things out. thanks, chuck. chuck todd at the white house. >>> now joining us...
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i found him to be very credible and forthcoming and was doing a good job at cia. it's a big loss for the agency and country that he has left but given the circumstances, unfortunately, i don't see there was any other alternative. >> how concerned are you that the fbi didn't seem to tell anyone about this investigation in what many in congress have suggested was not a timely manner? >> right, i'm very concerned about that and i spoke about that yesterday. with some of the staff who were getting briefed up on what was going to be coming in terms of the hearings and i asked the question, you know, when do they have an obligation to report and, of course, the answer is in a timely manner and as i understand it, the fbi did not inform either the chairman or the ranking member of either the house or senate intelligence committee or the full committees in a timely manner so that's something where it has to be addressed not only in this situation but other areas that involve sensitive intelligence issues or investigations. they need to be compliant with the law. >> congre
i found him to be very credible and forthcoming and was doing a good job at cia. it's a big loss for the agency and country that he has left but given the circumstances, unfortunately, i don't see there was any other alternative. >> how concerned are you that the fbi didn't seem to tell anyone about this investigation in what many in congress have suggested was not a timely manner? >> right, i'm very concerned about that and i spoke about that yesterday. with some of the staff who...
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that the cia director was involved. i have real questions about this. i think a timeline has to be looked at and analyzed to see what happened. now, as far as leaving the hole, general petraeus was an outstanding general, outstanding, dedicated public official. he is going to be missed. as i'm sure senator mendez would agree, no one is irreplaceable in government, but he will have at least a short-term impact any time you lose someone like general petraeus's stature, especially under these circumstances, it does create -- again, at least a short-term gap, but, again, there are other people there who can and will definitely fill in, but i go back to the point that this just doesn't add up. the whole tileline here as to how this investigation will be your level. >>. >> i'm suggesting that the fbi move forward to say when they xwan the investigation, why it reached that level, when they first realized that general petraeus might be involved and at the time they did realize he was involved, did they go to the white house, d
that the cia director was involved. i have real questions about this. i think a timeline has to be looked at and analyzed to see what happened. now, as far as leaving the hole, general petraeus was an outstanding general, outstanding, dedicated public official. he is going to be missed. as i'm sure senator mendez would agree, no one is irreplaceable in government, but he will have at least a short-term impact any time you lose someone like general petraeus's stature, especially under these...
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the downfall of the cia chief and the remains of superstorm sandy. with new jersey senator bob menendez and new york congressman peter king. then dissecting tuesday's results with california governor jerry brown. plus, cnn's dana bash looks at the grand old party and the new electorate with a foursome of republicans. former presidential candidate jon huntsman, congresswoman cathy mcmorris-rodgers. former commerce secretary carlos gutierrez, and conservative activist gary bauer piem candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> good morning from california. the state that led the tax cut revolution in the late '70s but this past tuesday voted to raise taxes. we'll talk to governor jerry brown later in the show. but first, that fiscal cliff. those tax cuts and spending hikes scheduled to take place at the end of the year unless congress acts. president obama and john boehner picked up where they left off in dueling public appearances where both sounded conciliatory but didn't seem to budge much. you must add to the president's to-do list one mor
the downfall of the cia chief and the remains of superstorm sandy. with new jersey senator bob menendez and new york congressman peter king. then dissecting tuesday's results with california governor jerry brown. plus, cnn's dana bash looks at the grand old party and the new electorate with a foursome of republicans. former presidential candidate jon huntsman, congresswoman cathy mcmorris-rodgers. former commerce secretary carlos gutierrez, and conservative activist gary bauer piem candy...
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jennifer, i know you have been working your sources on this at the pentagon and if he cia. what do we know now and when was this issue of the affair first exposed? how did it come about? >> well, the first that it was exposed in terms of the conversation with the president occurred yesterday. general petraeus went over to the white house and he told the president that he thought he should resign. but what we're now learning from sources close to the fbi is that the fbi had been investigating general petraeus and as part of a larger investigation, the name of paula broadwell, who is general petraeus' biographer. she wrote a book that came out in january called-"all in, the education of general david h. petraeus." she had spent about a year in afghanistan with him, documenting his life, and it seems that the fbi was investigating something broader. her name came up. they started investigating concern that general petraeus now head of the cia was possibly some sort of victim in it or could be -- could be blackmailed in some sort of way. they never found that. but in the proces
jennifer, i know you have been working your sources on this at the pentagon and if he cia. what do we know now and when was this issue of the affair first exposed? how did it come about? >> well, the first that it was exposed in terms of the conversation with the president occurred yesterday. general petraeus went over to the white house and he told the president that he thought he should resign. but what we're now learning from sources close to the fbi is that the fbi had been...
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former cia director david petraeus is expected to testify. you see some of the tone and tenor of what will perhaps happen behind closed doors tomorrow. i'm tamron hall. you can watch "news nation" every day 2:00 p.m. eastern time. "the cycle" is up next. into their work, their name on the door, and their heart into their community. small business saturday is a day to show our support. a day to shop at stores owned by our friends and neighbors. and do our part for the businesses that do so much for us. on november 24th, let's get out and shop small. challenge the need for such heavy measures with olay. regenerist micro-sculpting serum for firmer skin in 5 days. pretty heavy lifting for such a lightweight. [ female announcer ] olay regenerist. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> i'm krystal ball and you'r
former cia director david petraeus is expected to testify. you see some of the tone and tenor of what will perhaps happen behind closed doors tomorrow. i'm tamron hall. you can watch "news nation" every day 2:00 p.m. eastern time. "the cycle" is up next. into their work, their name on the door, and their heart into their community. small business saturday is a day to show our support. a day to shop at stores owned by our friends and neighbors. and do our part for the...
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the cia's job -- i know the james bond movie is out. the primary role in the protection of our own system is paramount, but our own role is to inform the policy maker and to inform the decision makers on what they are to do next. we determine capabilities. we determined intent, and we conduct source analysis in hard copy, open source, classified, and the cyber environment to inform these policy dividers. there are four big players. dhs. the department of homeland securities is responsible for the infrastructure in terms of how we protect our homeland. those of us here know why they have law enforcement peace. nsa has to drive the infrastructure and policies by which we are going to deploy around the world. we cannot do our work without working with each of them. we do not do this alone. we do it with all of our partners in the public and private sector. the cia does partner with our agencies. i have heard from each of you. you talk about opportunities. we partner with these agencies to leverage our employees and prospective employees to
the cia's job -- i know the james bond movie is out. the primary role in the protection of our own system is paramount, but our own role is to inform the policy maker and to inform the decision makers on what they are to do next. we determine capabilities. we determined intent, and we conduct source analysis in hard copy, open source, classified, and the cyber environment to inform these policy dividers. there are four big players. dhs. the department of homeland securities is responsible for...
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. >> by the cia. >> right. and she was very clear about the ongoing uncertainty. i happen to know susan rice. i've known her for a decade. she's brilliant. so this notion that she's not qualified or she wasn't terribly bright in her remarks, it's really insulting. it's really personal. and yes, again, the man who put sarah palin -- tried to put sarah palin a heartbeat away from the presidency is questioning this woman. he also -- when he defended condi rice in 2005, there are great sound bites where he says, you know, there's nothing about the -- some of the democrats question it. there's nothing about this that isn't about revenge, that isn't about the way the election turned out, that isn't about bitterness. he's describing himself. >> and let me say that it is clear to me -- and none of us -- i don't agree with condi rice, but i would never say she wasn't bright. she's a very bright woman. and when you look at the fact that this was brought to -- matt lauer on the "today" show this morning, nbc, raised the question to john mccain. watch this, rula. >> you said
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. >>> all right, general petraeus' replacement at the cia mike morell met tuesday. he'll speak with counterparts on the house side today about the scandals, the national security implications, why congress wasn't told soon er and, also, e assume benghazi will come up. joining me now the national investigative correspondent michael isikoff and capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell. kelly, let me start with you before i get to mike on the latest on the general scandal itself. congress continues to basically wring their hands over why didn't they know sooner on this front. are they getting any more answers today? >> reporter: well, they expect to get more answers as there is now a kind of greater spirit of providing answers. we've seen the top people from the cia, the acting director who was here yesterday back again today, also the deputy director of the fbi coming to talk to the key members who are on those committees. they would have jurisdiction here, who believe they should have been in the loop at some point. so that's one issue. but a lot of this gets confl
. >>> all right, general petraeus' replacement at the cia mike morell met tuesday. he'll speak with counterparts on the house side today about the scandals, the national security implications, why congress wasn't told soon er and, also, e assume benghazi will come up. joining me now the national investigative correspondent michael isikoff and capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell. kelly, let me start with you before i get to mike on the latest on the general scandal itself....
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specifically the cia. he thought about keeping the union form on and going to the cia. he proposed that to second gats having liked the idea because he served there before. >> rose: as director. >> right exactly. he took it back to the president and the president and petraeus didn't talk about it until march and the president said he would like the idea but you have to take off the uniform. he felt that was the best place for him. he felt he wouldn't get the chair position. >> rose: why did he think that. >> he wasn't interested in the chairman of chief at the army position or the other position gates offered which was supreme allied commander of europe. those appealed to him earlier but somehow he felt that he, they are prestiges positions but felt he had been there kind of done that. in some sense he was frustration with coalition management even though he's good at it and he felt that nato's not going to change all these countries are drawing down on their defense budgets. he prides himself on being a war fighter as much as i call him a professor. he really wanted to
specifically the cia. he thought about keeping the union form on and going to the cia. he proposed that to second gats having liked the idea because he served there before. >> rose: as director. >> right exactly. he took it back to the president and the president and petraeus didn't talk about it until march and the president said he would like the idea but you have to take off the uniform. he felt that was the best place for him. he felt he wouldn't get the chair position. >>...
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cia's job is to gather information. we blame them for not jumping sooner when they get the 9/11 button. that's not their job and i hope that's examined in this investigation as well. >> rose: david ignatius, thank you. norah o'donnell, i'll see you in the morning. john miller, the same. >> see you then. >> rose: thank you for joining us. see you next time. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight the conversation about the fallout from last tuesday's election with columnist frank rich. election with columnist frank rich.
cia's job is to gather information. we blame them for not jumping sooner when they get the 9/11 button. that's not their job and i hope that's examined in this investigation as well. >> rose: david ignatius, thank you. norah o'donnell, i'll see you in the morning. john miller, the same. >> see you then. >> rose: thank you for joining us. see you next time. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org tavis: good evening....
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officials in benghazi came up with a plan to close the consulate and move to the cia annex. it was secretary to secretary of state less than a month before the attack. sound of residents cleaning up will replace the runners in new york city. mayor bloomburg decided to cancel the world's largest mara thon after a outcry from angry residents. they will guarantee their entry for next year's race. >> it is that time of year again. don't forget to set your clocks back tonight. daylight savings is two can lock tomorrow morning. and those are the top stories and none of us have a good excuse for being late to church or work tomorrow. >>> and viewers, if you would like to see the president speaking in the rally. it is streamog fox news.com. >> those new documentsing the libya attack are raising questions about security concerns and why the administration failed to respond to a request for help when the consulate was under attack. florida congressman, welcome and thank you for joining us today. >> thank you for the opportunity operations in libya were to be suspend moved to a cia an
officials in benghazi came up with a plan to close the consulate and move to the cia annex. it was secretary to secretary of state less than a month before the attack. sound of residents cleaning up will replace the runners in new york city. mayor bloomburg decided to cancel the world's largest mara thon after a outcry from angry residents. they will guarantee their entry for next year's race. >> it is that time of year again. don't forget to set your clocks back tonight. daylight savings...
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cia director david petraeus has submitted his letter of recommendation to the cia. petraeus taking over september 6, 2011. according to nbc news, david petraeus has submitted a letter of recommendation -- >> resignation. >> did i say resignation? >> you said recommendation. >> i did say recommendation? that's not right. i meant resignation. i'm not very good at this job. you get the point. david petraeus, letter of resignation. he's been there slightly more than one year. >> okay. let's get back to paul. paul, i want to ask you about the product placement. i understand there's record product placement in this bond movie, right? i think it's going to bring in, what, about $40 million in revenue. there's honda, heineken, sony. is this going to tick the viewer off? it's a little blatant, isn't it? >> well, it's pretty interesting because anything bond touches is automatically cool and people want it. it's sort of the ultimate product placement franchise. if bond is drinking coke zero or driving a specific car, all of the sudden than car, that product, that soft drink,
cia director david petraeus has submitted his letter of recommendation to the cia. petraeus taking over september 6, 2011. according to nbc news, david petraeus has submitted a letter of recommendation -- >> resignation. >> did i say resignation? >> you said recommendation. >> i did say recommendation? that's not right. i meant resignation. i'm not very good at this job. you get the point. david petraeus, letter of resignation. he's been there slightly more than one...
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look, these cia guys were in a firefight that night seven and a half hours. two of their guys, the seals with cia got killed. they came out, reported back. you had real-time intelligence. the cia, according to petraeus on friday, said he had in his talking points that this may have been an al-qaeda operation. that's taken out. carney and then petraeus and then rice repeatedly and the president say it came out of some spontaneous protest. there was no spontaneous protest. there was a terrorist attack. >> do you think that this is, in addition to what's been said here, do you agree with that, and secondly, do you think it was an effort at a top level to protect the cia? >> well, what you are seeing now on capitol hill that relates to all of what you are asking is that republicans are trying to buck this sort of trend, attitudal trend that you are echoing, this was nothing, this was nothing, so that's why mccain and lindsey graham, and a woman, so not just those two parties. there others. i'm on the hill every day. i will tell you there are republicans that don'
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in the scandal surrounding the former cia director. -- two major newdevelopments in the scandal surrounding the former cia director. free and carter has the details for us. -- brianne carter. >> the fbi notified the department sunday. monday the defense secretary leon panetta ordered an investigation into the man with one of the most high-profile military jobs. >> general john allen, a top commander in afghanistan, is now under investigation for sending in appropriate e-mails to the woman who triggered the resignation of david patreaus. fbi agents left early this warning with files, boxes, and a computer. the search comes after the fbi discovered thousands of e-mails between roswell and patreaus. >> i am sure both of them look back and realize they both made the biggest mistake of their life. >> it is now that the investigation that has the fbi facing scrutiny. lawmakers want to know why there were not told about the probe months ago when the investigation began. the fbi called it a preliminary investigation. that really caused them to
in the scandal surrounding the former cia director. -- two major newdevelopments in the scandal surrounding the former cia director. free and carter has the details for us. -- brianne carter. >> the fbi notified the department sunday. monday the defense secretary leon panetta ordered an investigation into the man with one of the most high-profile military jobs. >> general john allen, a top commander in afghanistan, is now under investigation for sending in appropriate e-mails to the...
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>> i don't work in the cia. so i don't know what it would have done to morale if he had stayed in the cia. i think he could have stayed there. i don't think the cia would have been adversely affected. i think a few people in the cia including leaders of the cia have had affairs in the past. i don't think that that was a shock in and of itself. what bothers me is that this did not remain an internal fbi situation after they found out that national security was not at risk. i do not understand and i need the fbi to justify why they felt they needed to take this external after they made the determination that national security was not jeopardized. let's talk, jon huntsman, since we have you here, about the republicans. what happened last tuesday? >> well, i wish i had a very succinct answer for you, but i can conclude this. and that is if during the bush administration we had been successful with immigration reform, mitt romney would be president today. the way i look at it, you know, this should be an exciting tim
>> i don't work in the cia. so i don't know what it would have done to morale if he had stayed in the cia. i think he could have stayed there. i don't think the cia would have been adversely affected. i think a few people in the cia including leaders of the cia have had affairs in the past. i don't think that that was a shock in and of itself. what bothers me is that this did not remain an internal fbi situation after they found out that national security was not at risk. i do not...